The show runs from 5:30 to 11 p.m. in the hotel's Bridges lounge. The Wyndham is located at 100 Lytton Ave., in Oakland.

Tickets are $30-35. Proceeds benefit the long-running community group.

B-PEP was founded in 1986, largely to encourage voting in the African-American community. The group's chief executive officer, Tim Stevens, is an outspoken advocate on social-justice issues. (He is also, of course, a jazz vocalist himself.)

More information is available on the group's web site, or at b-pepinfo@b-pep.net and 412-758-7898.